This lesson was a simple graphite still life. And honestly, I think if Lil had just done the still life that would have been okay. Thing is, she has me as a mother, and being art and all....well I can't seem to help myself, I must tinker! This means what should have been an quick…
Category: Art Lessons
Art Achieve {Review}
My two younger daughters have been enjoying art lessons from the Entire Level II from ArtAchieve. ArtAchieve is a company which offers cultural art lessons based in a country of the world and comes with extensive extra curricula ideas for extending the student's learning past just an art lesson. We were blessed to be on…
Exploring Charcoal {Learning the Art Basics}
This lesson exploring charcoal took Lillie a little bit longer to complete because she enjoyed working with Charcoal so much. I shall just let her note book do the speaking as she has to annotate all her work (in fact, I believe the annotation is as important as the art 🙂 ) Exploring Charcoal: Values…
Online College of Art and Design {Review}
Do you have an artist in the family? - A teen who would love to have a career in the art industry but who does not want to attend an institution to achieve that goal? Are you looking for a way for your homeschooled daughter or son to achieve an IGCSE or Level Two equivalent…
Creating a Masterpiece {Review}
We are so blessed as reviewers to be able to express how interested we are in a curriculum before we review it, and I have to admit I practically begged for this one! The Monthly Plan from Creating a Masterpiece is providing my three artistic daughters with some excellent art instruction and is allowing Lillie to add…
Values in Graphite {Learning the Art Basics}
This is the second post in Lillie’s series about learning the basics in art. Lesson two saw Lil investigating values in graphite. Values in Graphite: Value Scales Values describes how light or dark a colour is in a picture. It is probably the most important thing an artist needs to understand. Values allow the artist…
Upside Down Drawing {Learning the Art Basics}
Lil and I are currently doing art together for an hour each day. She is completing her Level Two qualification (Equivalent to a GCSE). And I am doing all the exercises and learning along side her but I won't be submitting my work for marking. It's fast becoming one of my favourite times of the…